FEATURING TRAVEL AND FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER LIZA GERSHMAN

My guest on the Photowalk show today, Liza Gershman, is a travel and food photographer who is just as interested in the people and places behind the meal as she is in the food itself. Her work has taken her to over 50 countries, always with a focus on storytelling and travel, whether through the steam rising off a street vendor’s stall or the quiet moments shared at a family table. Liza’s path into food photography was not necessarily planned, however. It started with a yes and grew from there. In this episode, we talk about the role food plays in identity, how travel shapes the creative eye, and how photography can slow us down long enough to really notice what is in front of us.

From the mailbag today, you might want to brace yourself before the first letter lands; Charles Mason is to blame, with a tale involving something he calls photographer’s knee. Craig Wilson is up a mountain with his camera, Paul Friday is wrapping himself in cotton wool (the reason will become clear), and Bob Shonkoff has a 4am story that might just have you glancing over your shoulder. Plus, we reveal the winner of last month’s ‘context’ photo assignment, and there is a fresh new challenge to get stuck into.

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MORE ABOUT names, words, THE MUSIC and places FROM TODAY’S SHOW

Skiddaw is one of the Lake District’s most iconic peaks, offering sweeping views across Cumbria and a surprisingly gentle climb for such a commanding summit.

The Lake District in England is a landscape of dramatic fells, quiet tarns, and timeless stone villages, a place where poets found their voice (photographers too of course) and walkers still find their peace.

Read more about Tim Kington, a photographer and adventure seeker with a dream to stand atop the world, plus hear the episode where he climbs Everest.

Peter Lik is known not just for his vivid landscape photography, but for turning his work into a high-end business empire, blurring the line between art and commerce with galleries, limited editions, and headline-grabbing sales that made him as famous for selling photographs as for making them.

Bob Shonkoff’s Insomnia project: taking to the streets to photography in the early hours to avoid the anxiety of a sleepless night.

Simon Buckley is a Manchester-based photographer whose Not Quite Light project captures the city in the quiet moments of dawn, exploring how places shift in meaning and memory as night gives way to day. He appeared on the Photowalk in episode 260 to talk about the project.

Bodie is a remarkably well-preserved ghost town in the hills of eastern California, once a booming gold rush settlement of rough miners, saloons, and sudden fortunes. At its peak in the late 1800s, it had a reputation for lawlessness and wild living. Today, it's held in a state of "arrested decay".

Lynn Fraser is a photographer who specialises in travel and landscapes. She documents her travels both at home and further afield.

Danny Wallace is a British author and broadcaster best known for his humorous social experiments, including Yes Man, where saying “yes” to everything led to a book, a film, and a cult following of curiosity-driven adventurers.

I appear this week within Mali Davies’ podcast Let’s Create, talking about life behind a camera and microphone, plus reveal a real left turn at the traffic lights of life.

Kelvin Brown’s flickr Photowalk inspired group - join by invite by clicking on to THIS LINK.

MUSIC LINKS: Louis Island sang and wrote today's playout song Falling. Music on the show is sourced primarily from Artlist and also features in Michael Brennan’s Spotify playlist GoFoto. For Apple Music users, follow this playlist.

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